Tack-hammer



(No Model.) I

' J GOSE TACK HAMMER.

N0. 507,317. Patented 001 3. 24,1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONES GOSE, OF KINDERHOOK, ILLINOIS.

TACK-HAMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,317, dated October24, 1893.

Application filed June 29, 1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONES (low, a citizen of the United States, residingat Kinderhook, in the county of Pike and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tack-Hammers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tack hammers; and it has for itsobject to provide a simple and inexpensive hammer of this kind whichwill effectively serve its intended purpose; and such invention consistsin the novel and peculiar combination of parts, hereinafter described inthe specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved tack hammer. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the head and a portion of the handle, and Fig. 3is a perspective View of the several parts which form the head,detached.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates the head portion proper, towhich is secured the handle B in the .usual manner; such handle inpractice is preferably bored out at its outer end as at B to form atackholding chamber which is held closed by a cap B 0 indicates a sleeveheld to slide over the lower end of the head A, its base portion (whichin practice is of steel to form a solid impact face) being provided witha slot-way 0 extending from the center to its outer free edge 0', whichedge is formed by cutting a portion of the lower end of the sleeve 0away as at 0 The sleeve 0 is fitted on the lower end of the hammer, withits base normally held against the base a of the head, and to hold it insuch position a coiled spring D is held within an elongated slot E cutin the lower part of the head (see Fig.2), the upper end of which isheld to bear against a cross pin F secured at its ends in opposite sidesof the Serial No, 79,169. (No model.)

sleeve, and to hold the sleeve from lateral movement the slot hasstraight parallel side walls in which snugly fits the pin F which isflat at its sides as shown in Fig. 3.

By constructing the several parts in the manner described, it will bereadily seen that while the sleeve is held from lateral movement it isfree to move vertically, it be ing, however, as before stated, normallyheld up with its base against the base of the head.

To put the tack in place, the sleeve 0 is pressed down, and the tackwith its head between the sleeve and the base of the head, is slipped inthe way a, and as the pressure is released from the sleeve it will beclamped to the hammer as shown in Fig. 1, and when so held it can bedriven in almost as far as desired by one blow. In case it is necessaryto drive the same farther, the hammer is slipped from the tack, and isused in the ordinary manner, the base of the sleeve serving as theimpact head, which being made of steel will not become battered.

If desired, a long handle can be inserted into the head, and theimplement can then be used as a bill-posters hammer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A tack-hammer having a slidable sleeve at the base formed with asolid impact face and having a tack-receiving notch, substantially asand for the purposes described.

2. In a tack hammer, in combination, with the head having a slot, asleeve having an impact face, held to slide over the base end of thehead, said impact face adapted to clamp the tack head against the baseof such hammer head, a cross pin connected to the sleeve and extendedthrough the slot in the hammer head, and a spring held in such slot tobear against the cross pin to force it upward, all substantially asspecified.

3. The herein described improved tack hammer, comprising a head portionhavinga slot portion, a handle, having a tack receiving chamber in itsend, a sleeve 'held to clamp over the base of the head, and formed witha solid impact face formed with a tack- In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JONES GOSE.

Witnesses:

J AMES T. MURRAY, BERT WOOLLAMES.

